I understand why the cave man and thug pictures are racist, but can someone explain to a dumbass like me how having him as a witch doctor is racist? Honestly speaking, I really have no idea what a witch doctor is.

cman:I understand why the cave man and thug pictures are racist, but can someone explain to a dumbass like me how having him as a witch doctor is racist? Honestly speaking, I really have no idea what a witch doctor is.

Get ready for a few dozen replies containing what you'd find by typing "Obama witch doctor" into Google Image Search.

cman:I understand why the cave man and thug pictures are racist, but can someone explain to a dumbass like me how having him as a witch doctor is racist? Honestly speaking, I really have no idea what a witch doctor is.

Joelogon:cman: I understand why the cave man and thug pictures are racist, but can someone explain to a dumbass like me how having him as a witch doctor is racist? Honestly speaking, I really have no idea what a witch doctor is.

Offensive, yes. Tasteless, yes. Should never have been posted, though? I don't think I can get behind that. It smacks too much of thoughtcrime. Besides, wouldn't you rather know who the racists are, rather than have to guess because they're not permitted to out themselves? I would.

untaken_name:Offensive, yes. Tasteless, yes. Should never have been posted, though? I don't think I can get behind that. It smacks too much of thoughtcrime. Besides, wouldn't you rather know who the racists are, rather than have to guess because they're not permitted to out themselves? I would.

The real thoughtcrime is that they're still using the same damn pictures that have been floating around since Obama took office.

They'll probably discover the ones of the watermelons growing on the White House lawn or the Obama Bucks in mid-October.

cman:I understand why the cave man and thug pictures are racist, but can someone explain to a dumbass like me how having him as a witch doctor is racist? Honestly speaking, I really have no idea what a witch doctor is.

Ed Grubermann:cman: I understand why the cave man and thug pictures are racist, but can someone explain to a dumbass like me how having him as a witch doctor is racist? Honestly speaking, I really have no idea what a witch doctor is.

Ed Grubermann:cman: I understand why the cave man and thug pictures are racist, but can someone explain to a dumbass like me how having him as a witch doctor is racist? Honestly speaking, I really have no idea what a witch doctor is.

Oznog:Don't forget the monkey pics! BUSH you can compare to a monkey... but Obama, that's totally racist.

Both are in poor taste, but only one is racist. Please let us know if you truly don't understand why only one is racist. In which case I'm sure people here are also more than willing to help you with other things such as addition and spelling.

I think I've seen maybe three anti-Obama graphics or photoshops that brought out a chuckle after four years. The majority fail to work as comedic material; they're like Mallard Fillmore bits. Or worse, in more ways than one.

Mitt Romney, on the other hand ... just go to the other threads on Fark and witness the sheer number.

cman:I understand why the cave man and thug pictures are racist, but can someone explain to a dumbass like me how having him as a witch doctor is racist? Honestly speaking, I really have no idea what a witch doctor is.

Are you forgetting that Obamacare hubbub? That witch doctor pic ran in almost every thread on that. Here's an instance where it wasn't used for Obamacare, I think.

digistil:Both are in poor taste, but only one is racist. Please let us know if you truly don't understand why only one is racist.

If it's only racist when done by, for, or against persons of one race but not others, it's racist. Therefore, the very idea that comparing people to monkeys is only racist when it's done to members of a certain race is, itself, a racist idea because it requires you to differentiate between people based solely on race. If you continue to push the idea that only people of one race cannot be compared to monkeys, you are actually perpetuating the stereotype. This is why historical context is a bad basis for perpetuating ideas, because if the actions of people many years ago are still used as a basis for determining our actions today, then we have not progressed at all, only codified negative stereotypes into the public consciousness so deeply that they become ingrained. Should a small child, knowing nothing of history, make fun of a black child by comparing them to a monkey, they will be quickly corrected and told that we do not call black people monkeys because in the past they were compared to monkeys. This just perpetuates the idea. The only way to end racist stereotypes is to quit letting them be effective. This means ignoring racist idiots instead of bringing MORE attention to them and their ideas.

untaken_name:digistil: Both are in poor taste, but only one is racist. Please let us know if you truly don't understand why only one is racist.

If it's only racist when done by, for, or against persons of one race but not others, it's racist. Therefore, the very idea that comparing people to monkeys is only racist when it's done to members of a certain race is, itself, a racist idea because it requires you to differentiate between people based solely on race. If you continue to push the idea that only people of one race cannot be compared to monkeys, you are actually perpetuating the stereotype. This is why historical context is a bad basis for perpetuating ideas, because if the actions of people many years ago are still used as a basis for determining our actions today, then we have not progressed at all, only codified negative stereotypes into the public consciousness so deeply that they become ingrained. Should a small child, knowing nothing of history, make fun of a black child by comparing them to a monkey, they will be quickly corrected and told that we do not call black people monkeys because in the past they were compared to monkeys. This just perpetuates the idea. The only way to end racist stereotypes is to quit letting them be effective. This means ignoring racist idiots instead of bringing MORE attention to them and their ideas.

I think the problem with portraying Obama as a chimp (you know, if it wasn't for the racism) is the fact that he just doesn't look like one the same way Bush did. I mean Bush had the expressions, the lips, etc. East comparison. But Obama just doesn't look like a chimp.

/this post wasn't meant to be factual. Please regard this as a joke as it seems that I must give these warnings whenever I make one or else people will go ape shiat and think I was being truthful. Wow, this slashie is longer than my post

Let's keep in mind that these are the same dumbasses who thought that the Onion's "Obama's 19-Year-Old Son Makes Rare Appearance At DNC" story was real, and demanded to know why the MSM wasn't covering it.

Fact: A significant percentage of today's Republican Party are simply too stupid to engage in anything remotely resembling reasonable debate. About ANYTHING.

markfara:Let's keep in mind that these are the same dumbasses who thought that the Onion's "Obama's 19-Year-Old Son Makes Rare Appearance At DNC" story was real, and demanded to know why the MSM wasn't covering it.

I think I've seen maybe three anti-Obama graphics or photoshops that brought out a chuckle after four years. The majority fail to work as comedic material; they're like Mallard Fillmore bits. Or worse, in more ways than one.

Mitt Romney, on the other hand ... just go to the other threads on Fark and witness the sheer number.

cman: I understand why the cave man and thug pictures are racist, but can someone explain to a dumbass like me how having him as a witch doctor is racist? Honestly speaking, I really have no idea what a witch doctor is.

Are you forgetting that Obamacare hubbub? That witch doctor pic ran in almost every thread on that. Here's an instance where it wasn't used for Obamacare, I think.

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Ahh, I had forgotten all about that. Thank you for refreshing my memory.

Nah, actually he's right. It's a really, really weak argument presented almost exclusively by racists, to act as though they are oblivious to something that is obviously racist.

The ability to recognize the inherent racism in a certain implication simply requires you to be aware of the fact that it's an oft-used racist implication.

For example, it's not racist to portray someone as a drunken wife beater. It *IS* racist to portray an Irishman as a drunken wife-beater. Because it's a known stereotype. It is not racist to portray someone as being stingy and conniving. It *IS* racist to portray a Jew as being stingy and conniving. Because it's a known stereotype. It is not racist to portray someone as being a savage tribesman. It *IS* racist to portray a black man as being a savage tribesman. Because it's a known stereotype.

See the pattern? Claiming to be oblivious to something that is obviously racist to almost everyone else, says one of two things about you. Either you are incredibly dumb and have somehow not noticed a characterization that life has been throwing at you since you first drew breath, or you know goddamn well that it's racist, and you're playing dumb about it. Which means you are a racist.

So which is it? Imbecile, or racist? You pick, we'll be satisfied with whichever you choose...

/this post wasn't meant to be factual. Please regard this as a joke as it seems that I must give these warnings whenever I make one or else people will go ape shiat and think I was being truthful. Wow, this slashie is longer than my post

When Obama is re elected in a few weeks, I inend to reap so much pleasure at the douche baggery tea bagging fundys who heads will explode for the next four years over it...I honestly and sincerely hope as many as possible die of coronary over it...........